Mrs. Kara Leach is board certified by the American Speech Language Hearing Association and is licensed by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists. She has completed Level 4 training in Talk Tools Oral Placement Therapy, an oral sensory/ motor approach to feeding and speech disorders and is a IAOM member.
Talk Tools Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) approach utilizes the auditory and visual stimuli while adding the tactile and proprioceptive sensory systems. It allows the patient to not only hear and see the cues for speech, but to feel them as well. In addition, this technique is used to build strength in the orofacial muscles to improve speech clarity and to improve feeding.
An OPT evaluation examines your child’s current functional level and sets up a treatment plan that includes daily homework for the patient with the help of his family and a plan for therapy. Options for therapy include in- home support, tele- therapy support.
Programs are created for each individual client based on their needs.
Kara Leach’s training also includes:
- Kaufman (Apraxia)
- Visualizing & Verbalizing (APD, Language, Literacy)
- Hannen (It takes 2 to talk)
- SOS (feeding)
- Feed the Peds
- Auditory– Verbal Training (Hearing loss)
- Lidcombe (stuttering)
- Orofacial Myology
- Beckman Oral Motor Approach
- Baby Friendly Techniques for tongue tie and oral dysfunction in infants
Kara is passionate about her work in speech-language pathology. With over twenty years of experience working as a speech-language pathologist in a variety of settings with the pediatric population.
Offering up – to date, newly researched therapy approaches, while customizing programs to meet the individual needs of her patients. Kara takes great pleasure in aiding her patients to achieve their speech and language goals!
